Explode Bricks vs Orbital Pong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Explode Bricks
A classic arcade-style game where players must break all the bricks on the screen. This simple, old-fashioned experience offers straightforward, engaging gameplay.
- Brick breaking gameplay
- Classic arcade style
- Simple controls
- Old-fashioned design
- Free to play
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Very Simple Bricks game. FREE. Old fashioned game where to have to break all the bricks of the screen. (sometimes, also named Ping Pong)
Orbital Pong
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Orbital Pong reinvents the classic Pong with a circular playing field and an arcade look inspired by green-phosphor CRT monitors. Play it on Apple Watch with the Digital Crown, or on iPhone on a vintage oscilloscope. ON IPHONE: A POCKET OSCILLOSCOPE The whole screen becomes an instrument panel: brushed metal, screws, push keys with backlit legends that light up only when you can use them, LEDs, seven-segment score counters and a dot-matrix mode display. The round CRT tube shows both the menu and the match: it powers on with a beam line, rewrites the screen with a sweeping beam and fades with phosphor afterglow. Steer your paddle around the ring with a knurled thumbwheel: swipe up or down. RUN/STOP pauses the match. Rotate your paddle along the orbit, hit the ball with perfect timing, and try to outplay an AI opponent designed to read trajectories, anticipate impacts, and react under match pressure. Every match is fast, technical, and immediate: the first to 10 points wins, with special rules like the double-hit fault. The visual experience is built like a true retro-futuristic display: P31 phosphor palette, horizontal scanlines, shadow-mask, hum bar, global flicker, CRT tube vignette, bloom, phosphor glow, light trails, paddle ghost trails, chromatic aberration on the ball, radar grid, concentric rings, radial spokes, luminous score arcs, and CRT power-on animation with central line, screen expansion, phosphor flash, random phosphor pixels, and fine grain. The glitch system adds dynamic, analog-style artifacts: scan tears, band displacement, phosphor flash, black dropout bars, vertical streaks, composite noise, rolling band, and heavy cascade, with micro-shake and intensity variations to make each match feel more alive. The AI offers two difficulty profiles, Easy and Hard, and uses impact prediction, dynamic replanning, defensive and offensive modes, deliberate attack shots, aim correction, intentional deflections, error management, controlled blunders, perception drift, urgency boost when the ball is close, double-hit avoidance, and smart rerouting when the playerโs paddle blocks the path. Key features: * Orbital gameplay on Apple Watch and iPhone * Digital Crown control on Apple Watch, thumbwheel on iPhone * Oscilloscope-style iPhone panel with backlit keys * AI opponent with Easy and Hard modes * Elastic physics with swing kick, normal push, light drag, and speed limit * Full, animated CRT effects * Menu music with fade-in/fade-out * Haptic feedback on hits and scoring * Quick matches, first to 10 points * Double-hit fault rule * Pause, resume, and automatic background management Orbital Pong is a minimal, precise, and atmospheric arcade: easy to start, hard to master, built for quick matches on your wrist or in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Explode Bricks at Free against Orbital Pong's $0.99. Explode Bricks also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). Orbital Pong's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Explode Bricks is free to download; Orbital Pong costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Explode Bricks ships an update every 6 months, Orbital Pong every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explode Bricks | Orbital Pong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free โ better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sylvain Becker | EDUARD FARTADE |
In-app purchases
Explode Bricks
No in-app purchases
Orbital Pong
No in-app purchases
Questions
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